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PYRITOUS
Definition of PYRITOUS
adjective
pyritic
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pyrite + -ous.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PYRITOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 43, 2 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
PYRITOUS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read IOPRSTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PYRITO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found PYRITOUS?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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